The Space Industry is dominated by some pillar organizations. NASA and its dinosaur-like contractors such as United Space Alliance, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman, make up the vast majority of space related activities in the US. They don't often think in terms of the common good of the industry. They focus on projects, getting next... Continue Reading →
Why are you sitting on your butt when you could be sitting on a giant, jet propelled bomb, slamming your face into your ears, blasting your insignificant little body beyond our atmosphere?
This was originally written for the Google Lunar XPRIZE team Part Time Scientists as "Why we are a Google Lunar XPRIZE Team". There should be a version in German soon. The first 50 years of human spaceflight were marked by explosive growth, culminating with 12 men exploring the surface of the moon, followed by 40... Continue Reading →